Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
ASLE SEEKS TO INSPIRE AND PROMOTE INTELLECTUAL AND CREATIVE WORK IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES AND ARTS. OUR VISION IS AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY WHOSE MEMBERS ARE COMMITTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, EDUCATION, LITERATURE, ART AND SERVICE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY.
- Income
- $68,798
- Spending
- $104,536
- Reserves
- 22.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 70%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $14,047 spent. MEMBERSHIPS: ASLE ACTIVITIES SERVE THE PROFESSIONAL AND SCHOLARLY NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF ITS MEMBERS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES FIELD: A SUBSCRIPTION TO AND PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR QUARTERLY JOURNAL ISLE, AN E-NEWSLETTER, ELIGIBILITY TO RUN FOR OFFICE, SERVE AS A COORDINATOR OR ON COMMITTEES, AND APPLY FOR WRITING AWARDS AND GRANTS; CHANCES TO PRESENT AT A BIENNIAL CONFERENCE, OFF-YEAR SYMPOSIA, OR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE; ABILITY TO JOIN STUDENT MENTORING PROGRAMS; AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE THEIR WORK THROUGH FEATURED PROGRAMS AND ONLINE ARTICLES. WE MAINTAIN AN ONLINE MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY WITH ACCESS TO A MEMBER DIRECTORY, CHAT GROUPS, ONLINE JOURNAL PORTAL, AND PUBLISHER DISCOUNTS.
- $18,479 spent. PUBLICATIONS AND ONLINE CONTENT: ISLE JOURNAL: ISLE: INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN LITERATURE AND ENVIRONMENT IS THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF ASLE, PUBLISHED QUARTERLY IN A DIGITAL FORMAT. DISTRIBUTION IS PRIMARILY TO ASLE MEMBERS (EST. 1000) AND INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIBERS SUCH AS LIBRARIES VIA OUR PUBLISHER OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS (OUP). IN ADDITION, OUP HAS A LARGE FREE ACCESS PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. ISLE CONTENT IS PEER REVIEWED, AND INCLUDES BOTH SCHOLARLY ARTICLES IN ECOCRITICISM AND CREATIVE WORKS OF NONFICTION, FICTION, AND POETRY, AS WELL AS BOOK REVIEWS. ASLE NEWS: THE ASSOCIATION PRODUCES A VARIETY OF ARTICLES ON THE ACTIVITIES OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR MEMBERS EVERY YEAR. WE COMPILE THEM IN A QUARTERLY E-NEWSLETTER, WHICH IS SENT TO MEMBERS AND SUBSCRIBERS (APPROX. 4800 IN TOTAL) VIA CONSTANT CONTACT; STORIES ARE POSTED AT THE WEBSITE ON THE ASLE NEWS, AS WELL AS FEATURED TEACHING AND RESEARCH PAGES. ASLE WEBSITE: THE ASSOCIATION'S WEBSITE (WWW.ASLE.ORG) AIMS TO BE A RICH RESOURCE IN THE BURGEONING FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES. THERE ARE ARTICLES ON INNOVATIVE TEACHING MODELS, FEATURED RESEARCH ON PROJECTS OR IDEAS ACROSS A BROAD RANGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, SCHOLAR OF THE MONTH, A TEACHING RESOURCES DATABASE, DIRECTORY OF SCHOOLS WITH PROGRAMS FOCUSED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES, LINKS AND CONNECTIONS TO VARIOUS ONLINE JOURNALS AND PORTALS, AND INTRODUCTORY ARTICLES AND MATERIALS ON THE FIELD. MEMBER PUBLICATIONS ARE POSTED TO THE MEMBER BOOKSHELF. ASLE ECOCAST: ONCE A MONTH, HOSTS INTERVIEW A GUEST OR GUESTS ON A CURRENT TOPIC AND THEIR WORK IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES. THE SERIES IS HOSTED ON PODBEAN, AND AVAILABLE ON APPLE PODCASTS AND SPOTIFY.
- $27,702 spent. CONFERENCES AND VIRTUAL EVENTS: OFF-YEAR SYMPOSIUM: FROM MAY 16-19, 2024, ASLE HELD A SYMPOSIUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA. "GREEN FIRE: ENERGY STORIES BEYOND EXTRACTION" ATTRACTED 88 PARTICIPANTS AND EXPLORED DIFFERENT WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING ENERGY AND BEING IN THE WORLD. THE EVENT FEATURED KEYNOTE TALKS, CONCURRENT PANELS, AND FIELD EXCURSIONS. ASLE SUPPORTED THE EVENT WITH A 2000 SEED GRANT, A SUBMISSION AND REGISTRATION PLATFORM, AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE. BIENNIAL CONFERENCE: PLANNING AND EXPENSES FOR THE 2025 CONFERENCE WERE WELL UNDERWAY IN 2024. THE CALL FOR PAPERS WAS ISSUED, THE SUBMISSION PLATFORM WAS SET UP AND LAUNCHED, AND A DEPOSIT TO THE HOST VENUE, THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, WAS MADE. SPOTLIGHT PROGRAM ASLE SPOTLIGHT IS A PROGRAM FOUNDED IN 2021 TO FEATURE THE NEW WORK OF OUR MEMBERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES. IN 2024 THERE WERE TWO EPISODES (WITH PLANNING TAKING PLACE FOR TWO MORE IN EARLY 2025), EACH FEATURING FOUR GUESTS AND TWO HOSTS, AND HELD LIVE VIA ZOOM. THE EPISODES WERE ALSO RECORDED FOR VIEWING BY THOSE WHO COULD NOT ATTEND AND POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE. CONTINGENT AND INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR ONLINE SPEAKER SERIES TO AMPLIFY THE SCHOLARSHIP, TEACHING, AND ACTIVISM THAT CONTINGENT FACULTY AND INDEPENDENT SCHOLARS BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY, ASLE HOSTED THREE ROUNDTABLES ON PUBLIC HUMANITIES BY AND FOR CONTINGENT AND INDEPENDENT SCHOLARS IN 2024. THE TOPICS WERE PUBLIC HUMANITIES, NETWORKING, AND UNIONIZING AND FUNDING STRATEGIES.
- $7,987 spent. GRANTS AND AWARDS: SUBVENTION AND TRANSLATION GRANTS ASLE OFFERS GRANTS TO ASSIST OUR MEMBERS WITH FUNDING FOR THEIR INNOVATIVE PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS. IN 2024, FIVE ASLE MEMBER PROJECTS WERE AWARDED GRANTS. WE FUNDED TWO TRANSLATION GRANTS, WHICH SUPPORT THE TRANSLATION OF PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED WORKS IN ECOCRITICISM WITH THE GOAL OF EXPANDING ACCESS TO CRUCIAL SCHOLARSHIP AND LITERATURE ACROSS CULTURES AND CONTINENTS. WE ALSO FUNDED THREE SUBVENTION GRANTS TO SUPPORT INNOVATIVE PROJECTS IN ECOCRITICISM AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES. ASLE ALSO ISSUED TWO IN-KIND INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP GRANTS, WHICH PROVIDE TWO YEARS OF ASLE MEMBERSHIP TO SCHOLARS OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA WHO ARE WITHOUT ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 1994.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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